Late afternoon of Monday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:19
15:3515:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:47
0 of 140 minutes covered
Ruling · Holikā Dahana · 1952
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 388 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 140 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 11 March
Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.
141 of 141 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 11 Mar to 02:14 on Wed 12 Mar.
1952-03-10T16:47:18Z → 1952-03-11T18:13:56Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:59–18:19 on the 10th, 16:00–18:20 on the 11th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 140 minutes on the 10th and 141 of 141 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 23269 s
Ruling
Holikā Dahana, Baoding, 1952: Tuesday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Holikā Dahana 1952 falls on Tuesday 11 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:47 on Tue 11 Mar to 02:14 on Wed 12 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 11 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holika-dahana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The hour the row gives for the rite ("it should be observed on second half of purnima at night") is not tested: sāyāhna alone settles the day.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Sāyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:47 → 10:14 | 15:35 | 141 min | 15:36 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:47 → 12:14 | 15:31 | 140 min | 15:32 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:47 → 13:14 | 15:37 | 140 min | 15:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:47 → 14:14 | 15:53 | 144 min | 15:52 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 16:47 → 18:14 | 15:38 | 69 min | 15:39 | 139 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 18:47 → 20:14 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 149 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:47 → 22:14 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 143 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:17 → 23:44 | 16:04 | 0 min | 16:05 | 142 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:17 → 23:44 | 15:21 | 0 min | 15:21 | 143 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:17 → 01:44 | 16:23 | 0 min | 16:22 | 145 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:47 → 04:14 | 15:50 | 0 min | 15:49 | 150 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 04:47 → 06:14 | 15:58 | 0 min | 15:57 | 147 min | 11 Mar |